"You cannot move a vehicle without fuel"

Growing maize for chopping up and feeding to his dairy cows seemed wasteful to Naluli Sibeso at first.

After all, maize is a staple food in most Zambian households – including his. But after feeding silage to his milking animals, the Bamakasi farmer soon appreciated the benefits.

“When I started making silage, my animals were producing 8-12 litres (of milk). Eventually I went up to 14 litres per animal,” he says.

“An animal must be adequately fed, then it will give you a better yield. It is like a vehicle. You cannot move a vehicle without fuel.”